Any time a new chief executive starts and takes a look under the hood, and a powerful executive leaves the business, there’s speculation about the future path the company may travel – and it’s no different at baby formula and fresh milk brand The a2 Milk Company.
As head of Asia-Pacific Peter Nathan makes a swift exit just months after CEO David Bortolussi was installed, it is hard to walk past the money the long-serving executive pocketed just before a2 Milk served up four downgrades in less than nine months.